Genealogy
The Madison County Clerk's Record Room is open to the public
Monday through Friday (excluding holidays)
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Chancery Records that are online from 1793 through 1919 are located here
To apply for Birth, Death, or Marriage Records from the Division of Vital Records, visit the Virginia Department Of Health Website.
The Madison County Clerk's Record Room has the following
- Will Book and Indexes from 1793
- Marriage Records and Indexes from 1793
- Register of Death Index dated 1853
- Register of Births dated 1853-1871
- County Order Books from 1793
- 1880 Census Book
- Deed Books from 1793
- Muster Rolls Index dated 1861-1865 and 1917-1918
Madison County Shenandoah National Park Records
Check the Court Proceedings
In February 2020, this office was approached by the Piedmont Environmental Council about a digitization project that PEC was working on with James Madison University to digitize the records pertaining to the condemnation of lands for the creation of the Shenandoah National Park. Since Madison County had one of the largest land areas acquired for the Park's creation, the digitization of those records is a tremendous resource for the people of Madison County and the descendants of those families affected by the Park's creation. The records include the original court case documents from the 1920s and 1930s and include condemnation cases, appraisals, surveys, and other information pertaining to individual properties acquired for (or assessed for inclusion in) the Shenandoah National Park.
The Madison County Courthouse was built in 1829-30. The Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
Check The Madison County Courthouse Images.